Safecracker
Safecracker is a fast, fun read with the genre’s tropes blended down into a delicious cocktail. Continue reading Safecracker
Tag: crime
Blacktop Wasteland
Blacktop Wasteland is crime fiction noir that guns away at The Life like a muscle car with an open throttle on an endless highway. Continue reading Blacktop Wasteland
Broken
Broken features six stand-alone novellas each telling the story of an individual, group, or situation broken in some way. Some stories enlighten a restoration. Others wallow in their shattered mess. All are compelling. Continue reading Broken
Framed
Framed is a straight-minded LA noir drugs-and-murder mystery that has all the feel of a late-90s direct-release indie film. Continue reading Framed
Giri/Haji
Giri/Haji elevates an old school crime story with modern flair. The eight-episode season is equal parts country and rock-n-roll, sushi and prime rib. Continue reading Giri/Haji
One Day You’ll Burn
One Day You’ll Burn proves that there is originality in the town that has seen it all. Detective Jarsdel is not a hard-boiled copycat who pounds away at both villainy and Scotch but a hip cat who fights LA traffic and sips rosé. Continue reading One Day You’ll Burn
A Season for the Dead
Hewson never allows the reader to play the guessing game, to try out their Poirot mustache or Holmes pipe. Instead, details are fed at an unusual pace, and are often times repetitive. Continue reading A Season for the Dead
The Laundromat
The director almost seems to struggle between wanting to present a relative and convincing documentary yet slides into a goofy and aloof crime caper that is most wanting and where the ninety-five-minute run time is lightest of sentencing. Continue reading The Laundromat
Finding Steve McQueen
Unusual, ridiculous, honest, fun, Finding Steve McQueen is an entertaining heist flick that successfully steals the time and deserves a happy ending. Continue reading Finding Steve McQueen
